Little Joe II
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For the Mercury program flights, see Little Joe (rocket).
Little Joe II was an American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system (LES), and to verify the performance of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode. It was named after a similar rocket designed for the same function in Project Mercury. Launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, it was the smallest of four launch rockets used in the Apollo program.
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Function | Apollo launch escape system testing |
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Manufacturer | Convair Division of General Dynamics |
Country of origin | United States |
Size | |
Height | 1,032 inches (26.2 m) with payload |
Diameter | 154 inches (3.9 m) |
Width | 341 inches (8.7 m) at fins |
Stages | 1 |
Launch history | |
Status | Retired |
Launch sites | Launch complex 36, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico |
Total launches | 5 |
Success(es) | 4 |
Partial failure(s) | 1 |
First flight | 28 August 1963 |
Last flight | 20 January 1966 |
Boosters | |
No. boosters | 6[N 1] |
Powered by | 1 Thiokol 1.5KS35000 Recruit |
Maximum thrust | 38,000 pounds-force (170 kN) |
Total thrust | 228,000 pounds-force (1,010 kN)[N 1] |
Burn time | ~1.53 s |
Propellant | Solid |
First stage | |
Powered by | 1 Aerojet Algol 1-D sustainer[N 2] |
Maximum thrust | 105,100 pounds-force (468 kN)[N 2] |
Burn time | ~40 s |
Propellant | Solid |
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